TY - BOOK AU - Steiner,Gary TI - Descartes as a moral thinker: Christianity, technology, nihilism T2 - JHP books series SN - 1591022126 (alk. paper) AV - B 1878 .E7 S74 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Amherst, N.Y. PB - Humanity Books KW - Descartes, Ren�?, KW - Ethics, Modern KW - 17th century KW - Ethiek N1 - "Published in cooperation with the Journal of the history of philosophy."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index; Descartes's moral ideal : between Thomism and deontology -- Christianity and Descartes's angelic ideal -- Descartes's earthly moraltiy -- The mastery of nature -- Descartes and the problem of nihilism ER -